The horses were uninsured and had a total value of about $6 million, said Ralph Hudgens, the Georgia insurance and fire commissioner. The cause of the fire was not clear, but Hudgens said that it was not being treated as suspicious.

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Investigators begin to search for the cause of the fire that leveled a 44-year-old structure that also claimed 35 horses at Happy Valley Farm in Rossville, Ga.

There is no requirement in Georgia that stables have fire sprinklers, he said.

Glenn Allen, a spokesman for the commissioner, said the horse that was saved had a stall near a door. There was no information Friday about the condition of the rescued horse.

There was no answer Friday at a phone number for the horse farm, Happy Valley Farm of Rossville. The city is about 120 miles northwest of Atlanta and just south of Chattanooga, Tenn.